The city council’s wish to create a regional wastewater authority made progress Tuesday in a vote to spend F$100,000 in taxpayer money for a consultant to create the Moccasin Bend Clean Water Authority. That deed …

Dear Rep. Fleischmann, Neither presidents nor congresses in any combination of party have cut federal spending, and it needs to be done. Here’s a suggestion. Create a new voluntary tax form, paper and online, on …

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has taken up the cause of vouchers as a way to soften the failings of government-run schools among poor people, whose home life is often dysfunctional and whose free district public …

Local economy is a question that poked its head several times at the Chattanooga Tea Party candidates forum in which six candidates for city council posts offer their vision for a city government more mindful …

By Gary North Garynorth.com Here is the first political jingle I ever heard. “They promise you the sky. They promise you the earth. But what’s a Republican promise worth? Don’t let them take it away!” …

(This story first appeared when Red Bank voted to banish the traffic camera system. It explores the queer jurisdiction of city courts and the mixing of civil and criminal cases.) Red Bank, a small municipal …